When a person died at the homestead (enkang’) the Maasai would vacate that house (enkaji) and move to another one. They would pay a man who had no family known in Maa as Olkirikoi to remove the ...

This was a constant threat to Maasai's source of livelihood, which made them move around a lot. In such seasons they would seek refuge in their Kikuyu neighbours to avoid going far in search of ...